The Watchdog

Mike Geary has been a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer for over 15 years now. He has been studying nutrition and exercise for almost 25 years, ever since being a young teenager. Mike is originally from Pennsylvania, but has fallen in love with mountain life and now resides in the picturesque mountains of Utah. Mike is an avid adventurist and when he’s not spending his time skiing, mountain biking, hiking, or paddleboarding on the lake, he has enjoyed skydiving, whitewater rafting, piloting an Italian fighter plane (seriously), scuba diving, heli-skiing, and traveling all around the world, enjoying learning about different cultures. At the age of 40, Mike now feels healthier, stronger, and more energetic than when he was 20... All because of a healthy lifestyle and great nutrition!

Baba Ghanoush

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Baba Ghanoush, or Baba Ghanouj, is a traditional Mediterranean puree of eggplant flavored with tahini (sesame seed paste), lemon juice, garlic and fresh herbs. It is also loaded with lots of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant ingredients that stabilize blood sugar and decrease …

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Thai Turkey Meatballs with Red Curry Sauce

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By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Thai food. It sounds exotic, but really it just takes a few different ingredients and you can create these amazing Thai dishes. Your friends and family will be super impressed! This recipe uses super-food ingredients like turmeric, hot chilies, garlic and …

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Asian Spicy Pork Meatballs with Pineapple-Mango Salsa

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By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Sure, to be a hit at any party—any time of the year! These delicious meatballs have an exotic Asian flavor and taste fantastic served with fresh pineapple-mango salsa! Pineapple salsa not only tastes great with this delicious recipe but its ability …

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Simmering Thai Hot Pot (Immune Boosting)

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By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I made this recipe up and has been a huge hit with family and friends. It’s also a fun and different dish to make when having company and sure to be popular! It has a wonderful, slightly spicy curry flavor with …

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Green Pea and Radish Guacamole

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By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix A Really different, refreshing way to eat guacamole. The addition of baby peas adds an unusual, fresh, sweeter taste to the guacamole. And the peas add a little more fiber as well as decreasing the calories in the guacamole. We’d have …

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The Best Detox Diet

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By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Nearly everyone talks about doing a ‘detox’ diet, especially as a New Year’s resolution. But almost anytime is a good time to detoxify your body. A detox can help you make a starting point for a clean diet that results in …

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Five Good Reasons to Use Blackstrap Molasses

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By: Cat Ebeling, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix You probably think of molasses as that black goopy stuff that sits in the back of the cabinet, or the stuff in those yummy molasses cookies your grandma used to make. If you have some molasses sitting in your cabinet, it may be …

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Think Cacao is Good for You? Here’s the Real Truth About Cacao

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By: Cat Ebeling, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Cacao trees are native to the Amazon area. It was used and consumed by the pre-Columbian societies, including the Mayans as far back as 5,000 years ago. The ancient Mayans worshiped the cacao tree and the fruit of the cacao tree–cacao beans. …

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Intermittent Fasting Slows Aging, Fights Disease, Builds Muscle, and Burns Fat

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By: Cat Ebeling, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix The newest diet trend is NOT eating. That’s right. Intermittent Fasting. It certainly makes sense, given that our primal ancestors went through periods of not eating while searching for food, as well as periods of feasting when food was plentiful. Our bodies …

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